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Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University –
Now, in the Polytechnic University, a pop-symphony orchestra plays during breaks between classes! On October 15, the “Musical Break” project was launched at our university. The university’s creative teams will take turns turning the main staircase of the Main Building into a concert hall.
If the music that greets you at the entrance to the main building is already a familiar thing, then the sound of the orchestra on the main staircase is a surprise even for the Polytechnicians. For all 20 minutes of the big break, the Variety and Symphony Orchestra of SPbPU riveted the students’ attention. Recognizable classics and favorite rock hits, glowing smartphone screens and wide smiles on faces – the musical break at the Polytechnic was a sensation.
This is great! What kind of orchestra is this? Bravo! Our classmates are playing! How is this possible?! — came from everywhere.
The musicians, led by Dmitry Misyura, symbolically placed themselves between the busts of the university’s founder S. Yu. Witte and its first director A. G. Gagarin. Witte believed that educating an engineer without humanitarian training was immoral and destructive for the country. Gagarin founded the university’s first symphony orchestra. Thanks to the support of rector Andrei Rudskoy, today our musical group not only continues traditions, but also writes new history.
“It is great that in the year of the 125th anniversary of the Polytechnic University, the implementation of the concept of developing the university as a cultural territory has begun. “Musical Change” is an important project,” says Boris Kondin, Head of the Directorate of Cultural Programs and Youth Creativity. “Only the Polytechnic University, the only technical university in Russia, implements the tasks of educating students through classical music. Only the Polytechnic University, the only university in the world, organizes “Creative Semesters” for first-year students. No university except the Polytechnic University greets students with classical music from loudspeakers, no university except the Polytechnic University has musical changes.”
Throughout the first semester (Tuesdays and Thursdays, at 11.40 and 1.40 p.m.), the orchestra, theaters, choirs, vocal and dance studios will take turns putting on unique performances on the main staircase of the Main Building.
“The idea of “Musical Change” could not help but be born. After all, there are so many creative student groups at the Polytechnic,” notes Dmitry Misyura, artistic director of the Student Club and conductor of the Variety and Symphony Orchestra. “The guys, of course, perform in concerts, go on tour, participate in festivals. But this format, at home, is the most interesting. It is a demonstration of the capabilities and talents among their own. Polytechnicians playing for Polytechnicians! All this is a pleasant surprise, creates a mood and makes you proud of the culture at the Polytechnic.”
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